Gavin Newsom: “This is an assault on democracy.”

After nearly 30 years in public office, I have come to understand the limits of what government can justly accomplish.

By every measure, California’s system for administering the death penalty is a failure.

Because the death penalty is inherently incompatible with our legal system's commitment to justice, I have determined that this clemency decision, while difficult in many respects, will ultimately affirm the strength and integrity of our…

State-sanctioned killing is incompatible with California’s values